Just as Officer Tom Verbeeck was suspended and fired, not for being serviced by a divorcée with an overbite, but for disobeying a direct order by his Commanding Officer, so too has the cur­rent officer been "penalized."

"When asked how the timecard issue came to the board's attention, Mayor Teller said: 'It was an order of the [police] chief that was reviewed by the village labor attorney.' He declined to offer additional comment, noting that it is a personnel issue."

The officer disobeyed an order from his Chief.

It had nothing to do with an "error," the use of which term suggests that a mistake was made.

There was no mistake!

The officer knew exactly what he was doing... trying to scam the state out of benefits to which he is not entitled while suspended.